Blizzard has rolled out a series of hotfixes addressing various issues across different versions of World of Warcraft, including Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some fixes take effect immediately, while others will require scheduled realm restarts. Note that some issues might need a client-side patch update. Below is a comprehensive list of the latest hotfixes.
World of Warcraft hotfix patch notes: Class updates and fixes
Shaman: Restoration
- Resolved an issue where the Restoration Shaman Season 4 two-piece class set bonus would be canceled when a Healing Stream Totem expired while multiple Healing Stream Totems were active.
Warlock: Affliction
- Fixed an issue where Drain Life would sometimes incorrectly consume mana while Soul Rot was active.
Warrior: Protection
- Updated Battle-Scarred Veteran talent: When a damage event reduces health below 30%, the portion of damage that would apply to the last 30% of health is reduced by 80%.
- Example: At 50% health, receiving damage for 40% of health results in 24% damage taken, leaving 26% health remaining when Battle-Scarred Veteran activates.
Evoker
- Fixed an issue causing the dispel effect from Scouring Flames to fail on targets near the edge of Fire Breath.
World of Warcraft hotfix patch notes: Player versus player (PvP) enhancements
Priest
- Thoughtsteal can no longer be canceled.
- Thoughtsteal no longer allows the casting Priest to learn a spell they already know, resolving issues where Priests could lose access to existing abilities.
Death Knight
- Frost Strike damage increased by 95% in PvP combat (was 75%).
- Frost Fever damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
- Unholy Death Coil damage increased by 75% in PvP combat (was 60%).
Druid
- Balance Moonkin Aura’s Starsurge now grants 2% increased spell critical strike chance per stack (was 4%).
World of Warcraft hotfix patch notes: Quest adjustments and bug fixes
Valdrakken renown quests
- The quest givers for Renown quests in Valdrakken now again offer the “Continued Waygate Exploration” quests.
Mists of Pandaria adjustments
- Endgame tuning adjustments have been made to Heroic Scenarios, Heroic Dungeons, and Normal Raids to ensure a smoother power increase between levels 60 and 70.
- Players can now bring Lesser Charms of Good Fortune to Elder Lusshan or Chief Kah Kah for additional reputation after completing specific questlines.
- Fixed a bug that capped the maximum stats on Cloak of Infinite Potential.
- Increased Shado Pan Assault reputation earned per boss kill to 1000 (was 300).
- Elder Great Turtles and Ancient Spineclaws have returned to the Timeless Shore.
- Illusion: Sha Corruption can now be destroyed by players who have already learned it.
- Adjusted and tuned several gem effects to provide more interesting combinations for healers.
Changes in Cataclysm Classic
Quest fixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause disconnects during the “Battlezone” quest in Uldum.
- Fixed bugs with multiple guild profession achievements not tracking as expected.
- Temporarily disabled Twin Peaks battleground to address issues.
- Fixed various quest-related bugs and ensured smoother gameplay experiences.
World of Warcraft slass-specific fixes
- Death Knight: Fixed an issue with Desecration not being removed by Bladestorm.
- Druid: Corrected Leader of the Pack’s tooltip to state the correct healing amount.
- Hunter: Improved pet abilities to prevent self-interruptions and stacking issues.
- Shaman: Addressed issues with Healing Stream Totem not benefiting from Mastery.
- Warlock: Fixed scaling issues with Inferno and Molten Core talents.
World of Warcraft hotfix patch notes: Summary of key hotfixes
Below is a summary list of some of the most notable hotfixes applied:
- Classes: Fixed issues for Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, and Evoker classes.
- PvP: Adjustments to abilities and talents for various classes to improve balance.
- Quests: Restored quest availability and fixed bugs affecting quest progression.
- Gem effects: Enhanced gem effects to provide better utility and interesting combinations.
- Reputation: Increased reputation gains for specific factions to facilitate progression.
- Cloak of Infinite Potential: Removed unintended stat cap to allow proper item scaling.
These updates aim to enhance the overall gameplay experience by resolving bugs, balancing class abilities, and ensuring smoother progression across different aspects of the game. Keep an eye out for more hotfixes as Blizzard continues to improve World of Warcraft.